Here we go again! C&C Generals 1.03

[DamienTC]

Greetings all

I'm so sorry to bother you all with this trifle of a thread, but I'm having a big problem with the game that I hope some of you can help me with.
It goes something like this: I install the game, patch it with the 1.03 and try to use the newest of the no-cd cracks and fixed-exes. But when I try to start the game I get the message: "You must restart the computer in order to finish the patch"-ish. Now, after I've rebooted the f*cker, I get the same message when I try to enter the game.
I've tried all the different no-cd-patches and everytime with the same result. I've even tried the game.dat files from the new ones and combine them with the fixed .exe from the old patches - and it doesn't work either.

I hope someone knows what the problem is

Thanks in advance

/DTC